One of Congressman Chuck Edwards’ fellow North Carolina Republicans thinks the outcome of a U.S. House ethics investigation will make it hard for him to win reelection  in November. The U.S. House Ethics Committee announced Monday that it’s recommending that Edwards, a Republican representing North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District, be censured for inappropriate conduct toward […]

North Carolina Democrats are closing the gap in two key congressional races in the state, political forecasters say, despite a new district map passed last year aimed at boxing them out of close House seats. Sabato’s Crystal Ball, one of the top-cited election forecasts in the U.S., updated its assessment of North Carolina’s 1st and […]

With the 2026 midterm elections less than 100 days away, it a great time to check in with one of the state’s foremost experts on politics and elections, Western Carolina University Professor of Political Science, Chris Cooper. This past week, Newsline got a chance to catch up with Cooper for an extended conversation in which […]